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A shock tell-all book called “Charles: The Heart of a King” reveals Charles has a pet hate of letting food go to waste.

He hates it so much that he likes to store leftover dinner in food container, according to his former Royal chef.

Clive Alderton, the prince’s former private secretary, told author Catherine Mayer: ”When you are having tea with him, he gets any leftovers wrapped up and brought back for his next meal, and the next one.

“I’ve rarely met someone who is so frugal, not in the sense of meanness but an absolute allergy to waste, and in particular waste of food."

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Former royal chef, Carolyn Robb, confirmed Alderton’s revelations, saying Charles would “never want to have huge amounts of food on the plate”.

She said: “They were always very thrifty and economical. If we made roasted lamb and there was leftovers, we’d probably go and make Shepherd’s pie the next night.

“The Prince was very economical and very much believed that nothing should go to waste. If there were leftovers, they’d be used one way or another.

“If not for him, then rehashed and used for a meal the following day.”

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If eating from food containers isn’t shocking enough, Charles is also not the biggest fan of luxury food – despite being a Royal.

Robb said he and other members of the Royal Family actually prefer “simple, fresh and homemade meals”.

She added: “Sometimes they were given caviar and truffles as a gift and so we’d use that, but we would never buy those.

“I think it might surprise people that Prince Charles was conscious of things like that.”